LUPULNGA, 2003

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
4 April 2012
65

MAKINTI NAPANANGKA

(c.1930 - 2011)
LUPULNGA, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on linen

107.5 x 91.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. MN0310103

Estimate: 
$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Raft Artspace, Darwin
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the sites of Lupulnga, a rockhole situated south of the Kintore Community. The Peewee (small bird) Dreaming is associated with the site, as well as the Kungka Kutjarra to Two Travelling Women Dreaming. During mythological times a group of ancestral women visited this site holding ceremonies associated with the area, before continuing their travels north to Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald) and later the Kintore area. The lines in the painting represent spun hair-string which is used in the making of nyimparra (hair-belts), which are worn by both men and women during ceremonies.'